10/17/25 Daily News Brief

Here is the News Brief for October 17th, 2025:* How Prince Andrew’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein led to his downfall* Gov. Abbott activates Texas National Guard ahead of “No Kings” protest in Austin* Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to block news stories* Amid criticism, Benioff apologizes, reverses course on National Guard* Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case* Governor Newsom announces affordable CalRx® insulin, $11 a pen, will soon be available for purchaseYou Daily Moment of ZenThose are your headlines for today. We released a recap of all the news of the week today, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox!We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet?Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴Get Pod Local. Where we start Locally while thinking Globally.We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Not with my face, but still, it’s cute!👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously).Other GPL GoodiesGPL Presents: New Newsletter with Jalon NicholsEvery week, Jalon catches you up on what is going on out here, who is doing it, how does that impact your everyday life, and what everyone is saying about. We are based in Texas, so we have a lot of Texas news, but we cover the whole wide world. There is a LOT of stuff going on everyday, and no one can keep up with it all, but we attempt to….for you. (Clap for us).GPL Presents: Organizers Corner w/ Joey CadeEvery Sunday night, Joey Cade, our Resident Precinct Chair, lays out our Call To Actions for the week. Because knowing what’s going on is one thing. But doing something about it is another. Let’s do both!GPL Presents: Water Cooler with Jalon and JoeyGPL Presents: Daily Briefs with Jalon Nichols Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe